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First responders' actions at scene where baby was found could help you save a life

It was a riveting and terrifying scene. Orange County deputies frantically working to revive an 11-month-old boy, who'd been left in the back seat of a stolen car for probably an hour, in the middle of a scorching summer day. Angela Taylor (@AngelaWESH) has the story.

First responders' actions at scene where baby was found could help you save a life

It was a riveting and terrifying scene. Orange County deputies frantically working to revive an 11-month-old boy, who'd been left in the back seat of a stolen car for probably an hour, in the middle of a scorching summer day. Angela Taylor (@AngelaWESH) has the story.

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Updated: 6:46 PM EDT Aug 6, 2015

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WEBVTT IT WAS RIVETING TERRIFYING SCENE. ORANGE COUNTY DEPUTIES FRANTICALLY WORKING TO REVIVE AN 11-MONTH-OLD BOY LEFT IN THE BACK SEAT OF A STOLEN CAR FOR PROBABLY AN HOUR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCORCHING DAY YESTERDAY. WE WATCHED THAT RESCUE UNFOLD FROM CHOPPER 2. AND WATCH THE ACTIONS OF EVERYONE INVOLVED. IT LOOKS CHAOTIC TO US WITH PRECISE AND SPOT ON FIRST AID THAT COULD HELP YOU SAVE A LIFE IN A SIMILAR SITUATION. SO WE ASKED DR. TODD HUSTY TO WALK US THROUGH WHAT THESE MEN AND WOMEN DID RIGHT TO SAVE THIS BABY'S LIFE. AS WE'RE WATCHING THIS VIDEO, WE WANT TO KNOW, ARE THEY DOING THE RIGHT THING AFTER THEY'VE TAKEN THIS BABY OUT OF THE CAR? WELL, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST THING THAT YOU HAVE TO DO IS ABSOLUTELY EVEN DEADLY IMPORTANT TOSS GET THE CHILD -- FIND THE CHILD AND GET THE CHILD OUT OF THE HEAT SOURCE. ALTHOUGH THEY'RE STANDING OUTSIDE THAT'S A LOT COOLER OUTSIDE THAN IT WAS INSIDE THE VEHICLE. LOOK AT THAT. THEY'RE POURING WATER AND DOUSING THE CHILD WITH WATER. AND THAT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. WATER IS GOING TO SUCK THE HEAT AWAY FROM THAT BABY'S BODY. WET CLOTHES MAKE YOU COOLER THAN BARE SKIN. AS WE'RE WATCHING THIS YOU CAN SEE SHE'S SORT OF -- THE WOMAN HAS TAKEN THE 11-MONTH-OLD AND SHE IS SORT OF BOUNCING HI. WHAT BENEFIT DOES THAT HAVE? SOME STIMULATION. THE CHILD IS OBVIOUSLY UNCONSCIOUS AND SOME STIMULATION MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA. WHY WOULDN'T THEY LAY THE BABY ON THE GROUND? ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, A BABY HAS NOT A LOT OF SKIN SURFACE. AND SO YOU ARE GOING TO TAKE HALF THEIR SKIN SURFACE LAYING ON THE GROUND AND INSULATE IT AND IT WON'T GET THE ABILITY TO LOSE HEAT. IF THIS 11-MONTH-OLD WAS INSIDE THE CAR FOR 90 MINUTES, I MEAN, WOULD YOU CONSIDER THAT HE SURVIVED A MIRACLE? MIRACLES HAPPEN ALL THE TIME IN MEDICINE. AND THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THEM. I THINK THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB WITH WHAT THEY'VE GOT. THEY'RE MAKING IT UP AS THEY GO ALONG. THEY DID REALIZE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THEY COULD DO IS THE WATER, THE WATER, THE WATER. THIS HAPPENED ABOUT 2:30 P.M. YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. CHOPPER 2 WAS OVER THE SCENE. OUR NEWSROOM BACK HERE GLUED TO THE TELEVISION WATCHING THIS UNFOLD LIVE. JUST AMAZED HOW MANY FIRST RESPONDERS CAME OUT. THEN RESIDENTS BRINGING ICE AND WATER DOING EVERYTHING THEY COULD BEFORE AN AMBULANCE ARRIVED. IT TOOK ABOUT FIVE MINUTES FOR THE AMBULANCE TO GET THERE. BUT IT WAS THE WATER THAT SAVED THAT LITTLE BOY. BECAUSE HE WAS UNCONSCIOUS. AND AS YOU HEARD DR. HUSTY JUST SAY, MORE WATER YOU GIVE, THE BETTER CHANCE THEY HAVE OF SURVIVING. AND NOT TAKING THE CLOTHES OFF AND REALLY DID EVERYTHING RIGHT.

First responders' actions at scene where baby was found could help you save a life

It was a riveting and terrifying scene. Orange County deputies frantically working to revive an 11-month-old boy, who'd been left in the back seat of a stolen car for probably an hour, in the middle of a scorching summer day. Angela Taylor (@AngelaWESH) has the story.